Dilma Rousseff, then more than 12 months into her second four-year term, was charged with criminal administrative misconduct and disregard for the federal budget in violation of article 85, items V and VI, of the Constitution of Brazil and the Fiscal Responsibility Law, Article 36.
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Aug 31, 2016 · Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has just been impeached. On Wednesday, the Brazilian Senate voted 61-20 to remove her from office.
Aug 31, 2016 · The scandal has paralysed the government because bribes were essential for building coalitions. It has also choked business because prosecutors ...
Apr 4, 2022 · Rousseff has said that her removal amounts to a coup d'etat. Rousseff was charged with manipulating the federal budget to conceal deficits.
Dilma Rousseff Is Ousted as Brazil's President in Impeachment Vote
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Aug 31, 2016 · The vote to convict Ms. Rousseff on charges of manipulating the federal budget was also a verdict on her leadership and Brazil's eroding ...
May 12, 2016 · Ms Rousseff's personal record on corruption may be untarnished so far - but her handling of the economy has been highly controversial. And this ...
Aug 31, 2016 · Brazil's first female president Dilma Rousseff has been thrown out of office by the country's corruption-tainted senate after a gruelling ...
May 10, 2016 · Brazil politics took a surprising twist when the new chief of the lower house of Congress said he wanted to annul impeachment proceedings.
Sep 1, 2016 · Ms Rousseff was suspended in May after the Senate voted to go ahead with the impeachment process. She was accused of moving funds between ...
Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian politician who in 2011 became the country's first female president. She was elected in 2011 but impeached and removed from office ...